[martinrj]

Bass Sax Strap ring.

I have a Keilworth Tone king bass Sax and have no problem with balance although I use a harness which I had to remove the link strap to get it high enough to play.

Convenientlly, there is a picture that shows the playing position I use on http://3401.e-printphoto.co.uk/nqsouthampton/index.cfm?z=z&y=y&p_id=5472317&c_id=62054&action=view which shows the position of the ring.

The previous owner played it with a very skinny conventional strap.

 

[martinrj]

Distance between the left thumbrest and ring is 21cm and distance betweenleft thumbrest and right thumb hook is 42cm.

I've had correspondence weth Steve Howard but don't know Pete Thomas.

I took up the bass sax 6 years ago ( the same year as we got the jackets) to double in our quartet as I normally play Sousaphone.

I am now using a Vandoren mouthpiece with rico 2 1/2 reeds but have difficulties getting the middle D. It produces a G if i'm not careful or got a dodgy reed but some reeds get it with no problem. any ideas?